American Frontier, The

PRODUCT SUMMARY

Join our two young hosts as they learn about some of the great American frontiersmen who opened the West for the United States. Discover how Daniel Boone, an expert woodsman and superior negotiator, founded the first permanent settlement in Kentucky. Learn about Zebulon Pike and his search for the source of the Mississippi River, and Jedediah Smith, the first American to travel over land to California while pioneering the route that became known as the Oregon Trail. Hear about James Beckwourth, one of the greatest storytellers the West had ever seen, and listen as Christopher "Kit" Carson tells his own exciting story of exploration in the West. Part of the multivolume Explorers of the World DVD Series. A Teacher's Guide is included and available online.